Re: [TCML] Winding my Secondary

[G Hunter <dogbrain_39560@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest you live with it.  One of my better performing small coils was based on 4" PVC wound for 18" with AWG28.  It produced 45" sparks when stimulated by two MOTs.  20" is plenty.

Greg

--- On Mon, 6/14/10, Miles Mauldin <TeslaMiles@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Miles Mauldin <TeslaMiles@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TCML] Winding my Secondary
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 3:43 AM
> Hi All,
> 
> I came up short on wire for whatever reason; it is what it
> is. I have a 4.5" coil form with 20" of windings. My plan
> was for 22" and suspect the spool of wire was not 1500'.
> Anyway, my question is should I go through the trouble of
> splicing and continuing to complete my plan or cut the form
> down 2" and go back JavaTC and redo my plan?  What
> would you do?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Miles
> 
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